HR Coordinator (Full Time, Temporary)

SUMMARY:

The HR Coordinator at National Heritage Academies (NHA) is responsible for supporting Business Partners throughout the organization with employee related matters. They also should be instrumental in developing and implementing strategic initiatives and goals for the team and department.

COMPANY INFORMATION:

National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995, today NHA has over 100 schools in nine states, serving more than 60,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Our schools are designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families so their children are prepared for success in college, career, and life. In fact, a majority of our schools consistently outperform their local district on the state test. According to the Center for Research Outcomes at Stanford University, NHA is a leading performer among charter schools and management organizations, outperforming both conventional district schools and other charter school operators. In addition, according to our employee survey, over 90% of respondents agree that the work they do is meaningful to them. Join us. Together we impact a life.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Help coordinate the summer school program by managing the database, responding to inquiries, and auditing entries.

• Support the Business Partners (BP) with issues related to their schools.

• Ensure that NHA's Core Values are being adhered to by all staff, including yourself.

• Support the BPs and provide guidance to individual employees on their daily questions related to employee misconduct, employee concerns, time off, benefits explanation, staffing support, and other employee related matters.

• Help to pull reports on employee engagement, exit interview data, retention data, and credentialing information for the BP. This includes documenting initiatives that will effectively address the needs of our staff and analyzing data to come up with strategic solutions to be implemented with and by the BP.

• Help the Business Partner with communication around talent management needs.

• Assist BP with moving staff and looking at credentialing of staff to find strategic staffing solutions. This includes placement of TIRs throughout the summer and first weeks of school.

• Write corrective action plans, disciplines, performance letters, documented concerns, and other communications to employees.

• Follow-up and talk with employees around certification needs and gather important information regarding employee documentation to ensure employees are properly credentialed for their roles.

• Organize and prepare documentation for employee personnel file as necessary.

• Draft school specific policies and procedures to ensure teachers at specific school locations have a clear understanding of the expectations.

• Participate in unemployment hearings that make it to that level. Helps the team determine steps to take with difficult unemployment matters in determining whether or not to contest matters.

• Develops presentations and delivers presentations to BPs so they can roll out to leaders and employees on a variety of topics.

• Handles all employee changes and audits those changes to ensure that employee pay, benefits, and status are not impacted and that the employee is accurate in our HRIS

• Handles all request for employee information (File requests, I9s, VOEs, and more)

• Is the back office support to help support the BP in strategic solutions being implemented at our schools.

• Additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or Business Management area of study.

• 0-3 years of experience in a Human Resources Role.

• Ability to use generalized software systems (i.e., Oracle, Microsoft Office365, etc.).

• Ability to travel 0-5% of the time.

• Attention to detail and organization.

• Able to prioritize and manage a wide variety and high quantity of tasks at any given time.

• Both verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to build relationships with leaders in order to attain "trusted advisor" status.

• Up to date on employee laws and trends.

• Calm demeanor and approach in difficult and trying situations.

• Must have knowledge of human resources practices and trends.

• Ability to problem solve.

• Ability to lead project teams and keep projects on track.

• Ability to stay on task and meet deadlines.

• Prioritize and manage a wide variety and high quantity of tasks at any given time.

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National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.